[Geotools-gt2-users] How to get started in GML parsing?

[Ali T. <A.M...@sa...>]

Dear all,

I am trying to understand how GeoTools parses GML files. My aim is 
writing an application which parses a GML file and writes the features 
to PostGIS database. I have downloaded the latest edition (2.1.x).

I am told that the new GML parser is using the class 'GMLDataStore'. I 
am also pointed out the example files on the web site: 
"http://svn.geotools.org/geotools/trunk/gt/module/main/test/org/geotools/xml/".

My questions are:

    * I couldn't run these examples as there is no file containing the
      'main' method. Is there any example that is up and running? How do
      these classes work?
    * Isn't there any API for the parsing classes (GMLDataStore as
      indicated)?
    * The file 'GMLParserTest.java' includes several methods such as
      'testOneFeature(), testMoreFeatures(), etc.' Which class should
      call these methods?
    * None of these classes contain the 'GMLDataStore' class. So how is
      the parsing going on?

Thanks for any help.

Ali Murat Tanyer
University of Salford